“Evil resides in the very gaze which perceives Evil all around itself.”
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“Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.”
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian politician, Writer and Author
Sono maggiori li spaventi ch'e mali.
Act III, scene xi
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“To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.”
Sue Monk Kidd (1948) Novelist
Source: The Invention of Wings
“It is not the misuse of power that is evil; the very existence of power is an evil.”
Charles A. Reich book The Greening of America
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter V : Anatomy Of The Corporate State, p. 125
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 1, plate 4, lines 18-28 The Words of Jesus to the Giant Albion
“Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots.”
Eleanor Farjeon book Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922)
“Language is an evil thing, a very evil thing. And a force to be reckoned with.”
David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
As quoted in The Guardian (19 March 2005)
“Vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness.”
Edmund Burke book Reflections on the Revolution in France
Volume iii, p. 332
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)